spirito

See also: spìrito and Spirito

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiˈrito/

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: spi‧ri‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin spiritus, English spirit, Italian spirito, etc.

Noun

spirito (accusative singular spiriton, plural spiritoj, accusative plural spiritojn)

1. spirit
   • 1927, L. L. Zamenhof, transl., La Sankta Biblio [The Holy Bible]‎^[1] (hardcover), London; Edinburgh: British and Foreign Bible Society; Scottish Bible Society, →ISBN, page 5:

     Kaj la tero estis senforma kaj dezerta, kaj mallumo estis super la abismo; kaj la spirito de Dio ŝvebis super la akvo.

     And the Earth was formless and deserted, and darkness was above the abyss; and the spirit of God hovered over the water.

Related terms

• animo (“soul”)

Etymology 2

Verb

spirito (accusative singular spiriton, plural spiritoj, accusative plural spiritojn)

1. singular past nominal passive participle of spiri

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto spirito, Latin spiritus, English spirit, French esprit, Italian spirito, Spanish espíritu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiˈri.to/

Noun

spirito

1. spirit, soul, mind

Derived terms

• spiritala

Interlingua

Noun

spirito (plural spiritos)

1. spirit

Italian

Etymology

From Latin spiritus, from spiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspi.ri.to/
• Rhymes: -irito
• Hyphenation: spì‧ri‧to

Noun

spirito m (plural spiriti)

1. spirit, mind
2. sparkle, wit, esprit
3. alcohol

Usage notes

• Variably causes syntactic doubling in the phrase spirito santo '[the] holy spirit': /spirito(s)‿santo/.

Related terms

• spiritico
• spiritismo
• spiritista
• spirito di corpo
• spiritosaggine
• spiritoso
• spirituale

Anagrams

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